Male sexual desire. 14th congress of the european federation of sexology

The literature shows a few biopsychosocial studies on sexual desire in men. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of selected psychological and social variables affecting male sexual desire such as Quality of Life (QoL), sexual function, distress, satisfaction, psychological symptoms, emotions, alexithymia, couple adjustment, sexism, cognitive schemas activated in a sexual context, sexual dysfunctional beliefs, and different classes of cognitions triggered during sexual activity about failure anticipation, erection concerns, age and body related thoughts, erotic fantasies, and attitudes towards sexuality. Moreover, we wanted to evaluate and test in a general conceptual model the role of the major predictors associated to sexual desire. A wide self-administered survey reached 450 heterosexual Italian men (age 31.36±10.73) from the general population with a snowball sampling. Our findings showed that male sexual desire could be affected by many psychological and social elements. Other factors remain to be explored, in their direct and interactive effects, aiming to better explain male sexual desire functioning. Analyzed variables could represent important factors that should be considered in the assessment of desire concerns and discussed in therapy.